Trump vows to release Mideast peace plan within 4 months
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he hoped to
present his long-anticipated peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians within
four months, and said he favored a two-state solution to the decades of
conflict between the two sides, The New York Times reported.
Speaking before a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu of Israel, Trump was more declarative than he has previously been
about both the timing and nature of the proposal his administration has been
working on in secret for nearly 20 months. Trump said he liked a two-state
solution, adding, “That’s what I think works best.”
The White House has kept timing of the plan — which is being
drafted by Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, and Jason D.
Greenblatt, the former chief lawyer of the Trump Organization — under tight
wraps. On Wednesday, Trump said he planned to release it “over the next two to
three to four months.” In March, administration officials said the plan was
nearly finished and would be released soon.
